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July 17, 2015
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A Bad Deal

July 17, 2015

The CFPB was born out of the Dodd-Frank Act with the purpose of protecting the average American from the big bad wolf – the wolf of Wall Street, that is – and the banks that have been blamed for causing the Great Recession.

The reality, however, according to groups that solely support credit unions, is that the CFPB is hurting the small institutions that have nothing to do with causing 2008's economic crash.

Issues:Economy
July 16, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas), a small business owner and member of the Financial Services Committee, has introduced a bill that would require the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to explain to community banks and credit unions why they are not exempted from certain CFPB rules and regulations as permitted in the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

Issues:Economy
July 15, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas), today issued the following statement after a recently released video featured Planned-Parenthood's senior director of medical services admitting that the organization alters abortion procedures to harvest and transfer specific organs of aborted fetuses:

July 14, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas), a small business owner and member of the Financial Services Committee, today released the following statement after an internal Justice Department investigation cleared its own lawyers of unfairly targeting payday lenders in its program Operation Chokepoint:

Issues:Economy
July 14, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas) today released the following statement after the Obama Administration announced it would scale back U.S. sanctions against Iran in exchange for Tehran's promise to limit its nuclear program.

Issues:Military
July 14, 2015

The United States and other world powers reached a historic agreement with Iran on Tuesday that calls for limits on Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for scaling back economic sanctions.

While President Barack Obama said that the landmark deal "stopped the spread of nuclear weapons" in the region, Texas Republican leaders expressed their concerns about the agreement.

Issues:Military
July 13, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas), a small business owner, spoke with Jon-David Wells on Thursday to discuss his seven bill tax reform plan, Jumpstart America.

Issues:Economy
July 7, 2015
Columns

The talk of tax reform in our nation's capital is commonplace. Unfortunately, there is just not much substance to back up the rhetoric. Tax reform is a bipartisan issue, but the United States tax code has not been overhauled since 1986.

Issues:Economy
July 2, 2015

AUSTIN, TEXAS – Congressman Roger Williams (R-Texas), a small business owner and member of the House Financial Services Committee, today made the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor released its monthly employment report:

Issues:Economy